Committee members spent a sizable portion of the March 19 meeting discussing strategies to promote EV charger installations at multifamily properties in Corte Madera.

Bill (committee member) described installing eight Level‑2 chargers at a Greenbrae apartment building he owns and offered to host a site tour for landlords and committee members. He and others discussed technical barriers—particularly building electrical panel capacity—and identified load-management devices that can limit charging when building electrical demand exceeds a set threshold as a lower-cost alternative to costly panel upgrades.

Committee members proposed a mix of outreach tactics: a postcard mailing to property owners in multifamily zones, informational flyers at the public works counter, public comments at town council meetings, targeted outreach to the Marin Property Owners Association, and hosting a workshop that pairs an expert vendor, an incentive administrator (MCE), and a landlord with recent experience. Staff (Phoebe) and members agreed the committee’s next step is focused fact-gathering: estimate how many multifamily buildings/units exist in town, identify which building sizes qualify for current incentives, and compile an up-to-date list of incentives and vendor resources. Committee members volunteered to collect studies and resources; a Berkeley Law Center for Law, Energy & the Environment multifamily EV-charging study and MCE vendor/incentive lists were noted as useful references.

No formal motion was made. The committee asked staff to assemble basic data (number of qualifying buildings/units and summary of incentives) and to circulate vendor events and studies to the committee. Bill offered to prepare a presentation and host a site tour in early April for interested members.